Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Poicephalus > Poicephalus rufiventrisPoicephalus rufiventris (Red-bellied Parrot)The red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) is a small African parrot about 23 cm (9 in) long of the Poicephalus genus. It is a mostly greenish and grey parrot. Males have a bright orange belly and females have a greenish belly. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.03422 EDGE Score: 1.79745 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 120 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 120 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 33 years | | Snout to Vent Length [4] | 10 inches (25 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian montane moorlands |
Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali montane xeric woodlands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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| Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aangole: Farbiito |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Abijatta: Shalla Lakes National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Amboseli National Park |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Arbowerow |
Somalia |
A3, A4iii |
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Arero forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Awash National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Babille Elephant Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Balcad Nature Reserve |
Somalia |
A2, A3 |
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Buulobarde |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Daalo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dawa: Wachile |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Far Waamo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Gacan Libaax |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Genale river |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Jowhar: Warshiikh |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Konso: Segen |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Laag Badaana |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Laag Dheere |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Lake Chew Bahir |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lascaanod: Taleex: Ceel Chebet |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mago National Park |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Mankubsa: Welenso forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Meru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mkomazi Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Mwea National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Nechisar National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Ol Donyo Sabache |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Omo National Park |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Shaba National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sof Omar |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Tarangire National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Tsavo East National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Tsavo West National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Xawaadley reservoir |
Somalia |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Yabello Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yangudi-Rassa National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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